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Major supermarket is selling Quality Street bags that are bigger and cheaper than tubs
Plus, we've explained how to compare prices and always get the best deal
A MAJOR supermarket is selling Quality Street bags that are bigger and cheaper than the tubs we all know and love.
Asda is selling a brand new refill pack of the Nestle-made chocolates for just £5.
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These bags contain 750g of Quality Street chocolate, 150g more than the typical 600g tub available this year and have become available for the first time at all major supermarkets.
However, the refill bag costs just £5 (66p per 100g) at Asda - £1 less than 600g tubs.
The bags include an assortment of individually wrapped milk and dark chocolates, toffees, the famous Green Triangle and The Purple One.
You can purchase them in-store and online at all Asda supermarkets.
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To find your closest store, visit storelocator.asda.com.
The same refill bags cost £5.50 for those with a Nectar card at Sainsbury's, or £6 for those without – the same price as the 600g tubs.
Large refill bags cost £6 for customers with a Clubcard at Tesco or £7 for those without. Their 600g tubs cost £6 for all customers.
At Morrisons, shoppers can bag the 750g refill bags for £7 - £1 less than the chain's 600g Quality Street tubs, which cost £6.
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Prices can change regularly, and deals can start and end anytime, so the chocolate tubs could still get cheaper between now and Christmas.
In October, Tesco reduced the price of Quality Street refill bags to £5, but this offer was exclusively available to Clubcard holders.
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However, the deal was only open to those with a Clubcard.
Yesterday, Sainsbury's ended a promotion that provided customers with the cheapest 600g Quality Street tub on the high street.
Shoppers could purchase a tub for just £3.50, although the price has now reverted to £6.
The cheapest 600g tubs available now are from Aldi for £4.49 - 75p per 100g.
There's still time for cheap deals to return to other supermarkets.
However, it's wise to always compare prices when shopping so you know you're paying the right amount for your purchase.
How to compare prices to get the best deal
JUST because something is on offer, or is part of a sale, it doesn't mean it's always a good deal.
There are plenty of comparison websites out there that'll check prices for you - so don't be left paying more than you have to.
Most of them work by comparing the prices across hundreds of retailers.
Here are some that we recommend:
- is a tool that lets users search for and compare prices for products across the web. Simply type in keywords, or a product number, to bring up search results.
- logs the history of how much something costs from over 3,000 different retailers, including Argos, Amazon, eBay and supermarkets. Once you select an individual product you can quickly compare which stores have the best price and which have it in stock.
- is another website that lets you compare prices between retailers. All shoppers need to do is search for the item they need and the website will rank them from the cheapest to the most expensive one.
- only works on goods being sold on Amazon. To use it, type in the URL of the product you want to check the price of.
QUALITY STREET CHANGES FOR 2024
Customers discovered they can no longer visit their local John Lewis store to create personalised Quality Street tins this week.
The service allowed shoppers to purchase a £17 tin with a personalised gift card and lid.
They could then fill these tins with their favourite Quality Street chocolates from dedicated pick-and-mix counters at John Lewis.
However, while the pick-and-mix counters still exist, shoppers can't get a personalised Quality Street tin this winter.
Instead, they must opt for the £12 non-customised version.
However, Nestle launched a new version of its 813g Quality Street tin in September.
The £12 tub features all the usual classic flavours and plays on Quality Street's Halifax heritage - where it was first manufactured in 1936 and still is.
It can also be purchased empty and filled at any of John Lewis' Quality Street pick and mix stations.
If you're not fussed about the nostalgic tin or picking your chocolates, you'll pay less for a different tub or packet.
This week, shoppers can pick up a plastic 600g tub from Aldi for £4.49 - 75p per 100g.
You can also pick up a 300g sharing bag of Quality Street from Home Bargains for just £2.99 - £1 per 100g.
Nestle has also brought back a Quality Street fan-favourite for the second Christmas in a row.
The coffee creme flavour chocolate was last seen in Quality Street tubs over 20 years ago until the chocolatier reintroduced it last year.
Instead, the coffee-flavour fondant wrapped in dark chocolate has joined the 11 other Quality Street sweets at pick-and-mix stations across selected John Lewis stores in the UK.
They are also available in a limited-edition cracker at Waitrose and John Lewis stores for £5.50.
For the first time ever, Nestle is launching paper Quality Street tubs.
The tubs are available at 60 Tesco supermarkets.
Their introduction is part of a trial, and Nestle will gauge the product's popularity among shoppers.
It claims the paper tub, adorned in the signature Quality Street purple, boasts a luxurious design and feel.
They feature a "re-close" mechanism that ensures the lid can be securely sealed even after opening.
This isn't the first time Quality Street has introduced new packaging to make the festive favourites easier to recycle.
Nestle left shoppers outraged when it changed the Quality Street chocolate wrappers for the same reason in October 2022.
The iconic brightly coloured plastic and foil wrappers that had encased its famous chocolates for 86 years were replaced with a more understated form of waxed paper.
However, the introduction of new paper tubs does not signal the immediate discontinuation of plastic and metal Quality Street tins.
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Shoppers can still buy 600g plastic tubs of Quality Street chocolates at most major supermarkets.
Tins containing over 800g of the festive chocolates continue to be available too.
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Go own brand - if you're not too fussed about flavour and just want to supplant your chocolate cravings, you'll save by going for the supermarket's own brand bars.
Shop around - if you've spotted your favourite variety at the supermarket, make sure you check if it's cheaper elsewhere.
Websites like Trolley.co.uk let you compare prices on products across all the major chains to see if you're getting the best deal.
Look out for yellow stickers - supermarket staff put yellow, and sometimes orange and red, stickers on to products to show they've been reduced.
They usually do this if the product is coming to the end of its best-before date or the packaging is slightly damaged.
Buy bigger bars - most of the time, but not always, chocolate is cheaper per 100g the larger the bar.
So if you've got the appetite, and you were going to buy a hefty amount of chocolate anyway, you might as well go bigger.
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